decrease

diminuer, baisser

Devenir moins important en quantité, en nombre ou en valeur.

En anglais simple : To become smaller in amount, number, or value.

• The number of visitors decreased.
• Prices have decreased by ten percent.
• Will demand decrease next year?

Comment l'utiliser : decrease by an amount (Sales decreased by twenty percent.); decrease from A to B (Attendance decreased from fifty to thirty.); decrease in something (The shares decreased in value.)

Synonymes : fall, drop, decline

Contraires : increase, rise

Expressions courantes : decrease by something, decrease in value, decrease in size, decrease over time

réduire, diminuer

Rendre une quantité, un nombre ou un niveau moins important.

En anglais simple : To make an amount, number, or level smaller.

• Please decrease the volume.
• The company decreased its spending last month.
• Can we decrease the risk of accidents?

Comment l'utiliser : decrease something by an amount (We decreased the price by five pounds.); decrease something to an amount (Decrease the temperature to twenty degrees.)

Synonymes : reduce, lower, cut

Contraires : increase, raise

Expressions courantes : decrease the volume, decrease something by

diminution, baisse

Changement par lequel une quantité, un nombre ou une valeur devient moins important.

En anglais simple : A change that makes an amount, number, or value smaller.

• There was a decrease in sales.
• The town reported a sharp decrease in crime.
• A decrease in temperature is expected tonight.

Comment l'utiliser : a decrease in something (We noticed a decrease in noise.)

Synonymes : reduction, drop, decline

Contraires : increase, rise

Expressions courantes : decrease in something, sharp decrease

diminution, baisse

Quantité correspondant à la différence entre un nombre, une valeur ou un total avant et après sa baisse.

En anglais simple : The amount by which a number, value, or quantity becomes smaller.

• The decrease was five percent.
• We recorded a decrease of twenty customers.
• This year’s decrease was larger than last year’s.

Comment l'utiliser : a decrease of an amount (There was a decrease of ten percent.)

Synonymes : reduction, drop

Contraires : increase

Expressions courantes : decrease of something, annual decrease